One of the most popular and best-selling games on the Nintendo DS was Nintendogs - a pet simulation title where players can train, pet, brush, walk, and do pretty much everything else with a virtual dog. It feels like eons have gone by since those little puppy faces were smushed onto our Nintendo console screens, but this upcoming game looks set to bring the idea to a new audience on Switch.

Yes, a game called Little Friends: Dogs & Cats has been announced in this week's issue of Famitsu magazine. Coming from Japanese company Imagineer, this new title will also allow players to have fun with their favourite pets, presumably following in the footsteps of Nintendo's 3DS hit Nintendogs + Cats which introduced a lovely selection of cuddly kittens into the mix.

With Nintendo still yet to launch a game in the franchise on Switch - which is slightly surprising considering both DS and 3DS had one a piece - it makes sense for another developer to swoop in and get there first. Details for the new game are still pretty light for now, though; we'll have to wait for more information as the game draws nearer to release.

Are you a fan of the Nintendogs series? Are you glad that a similar game is headed to Switch? Tell us below.

Ryan’s that annoying kind of guy in multiplayer games - you know the one, the kind of person that throws a temper tantrum if he can’t be Yoshi in Mario Kart or gets stuck with the controller with the dodgy button. Yeah, that kind.

Nintendogs was a great "touch" game on DS. Alas, games like that on iOS and Android are free so its a little hard to justify full price for these releases in end of 2018. I would pay 10-15 euro for Nintendogs Switch...no more

P.S: I would pay 30 euro for an english Love Plus Switch. In a way Love Plus is like Nintendogs with girls instead of pets.

Nintendogs & Cats for the 3DS is one of many games on my to-get list for the 3DS, but if Nintendo releases that for the Switch I'd likely get that.

@Silly_G Kinda hoping they would release Art Academy for the Switch, though you'd either be painting with the joy-cons in docked mode, or with a finger/stylus in portable mode. If that happens I'd probably use a stylus, seeing as I'm used to using a stylus with the Wii U/3DS versions.

@RupeeClock Actually, the lack of an integrated microphone is probably one big reason why Nintendo WOULD release Nintendogs on Switch: so they can produce some goofy dog-shaped microphone that plugs into the headphone jack and then bundle it with the game for $99.99. I know — I shouldn't give them any ideas.

@Silly_G The cool thing is — the right/red joycon already has a camera! Granted, it's IR but as anyone who's played around with Labo can tell you, it's actually pretty darn good and should be able to distinguish between the general shape of different faces/expressions.

I was reminded of polar bears immediately after seeing the image above the first paragraph of the article and of certain article I had read in an encyclopedia in which dogs and bears appeared to had been connected to each other biologically.

So glad this is coming. Nintendogs was a great game, and it should have been on the Switch a year ago. Nintendo has been falling short like crazy on releasing good games for the switch. Nice to see some other company stepping up and delivering what Nintendo has failed us on

Here's hoping for a western release! I loved Nintendogs on both the DS and 3DS. I've been itching for another good pet sim. Mobile phones might have them, but are so riddled with micro transactions and energy bars that they're not worth playing.